Zamiri Isfahani

Zamiri Isfahani, Kamal al-Din Husayn (d. 1565), son of Muhammad. A poet with nom de plume Zamiri bearing the title Khusraw Thani. He was a prominent poet from Isfahan. He studied sciences and literature from early youth and studied medicine, mathematics, and astronomy under Mir Ghiyath al-Din Mansur Dashtaki Shirazi. He became well-versed in geomancy (raml) and thereby entered the court of Shah Tahmasb and the royal family and earned a living by it to his last days. In his early poetical career, Mawlana Kamal al-Din used the nom de plume Baghban (‘Gardner’) after his father’s profession, but he later used the nom de plume Zamiri and became well-known as such. He associated with prominent contemporary poets, e.g. Sharaf, Muhtasham, and Hisabi. He was a prolific poet, making poetical, elegant compositions in the forms of qasida, ghazal, and mathnavi standing on a par to Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, hence his appellation Khusraw Thani. He died in Isfahan where he was laid to rest. His works include six mathnavis: Naz u Niyaz; Bahar u Khazan; Layla va Majnun; Vamiq u ‘Azra; Jannat al-Akhyar, also well-known as Hasanat al-Akhbar; Iskandarnama; seven divans: Safinat al-Iqbal; Surat-i Hal; Kanz al-Aqwal; ‘Ishq-i Bizaval; Siyqal-i Malal; ‘Uzr-i Maqal; Quds-i Khiyal, also well-known as Quds-i Khisal; Majmu’a-yi Ijlal, including four divans on the mjodel of Sa’di’s ghazals, entitled Tahirat; Sana’i’; Bidayat al-Shi’r; Nihayat al-Sihr. He also composed ‘Uyun al-Zulal; A’ina-yi Jamal; Mi’raj al-Amal on the models of Hafiz Shirazi; Baba Faghani; Mawlana Jami; and Lisani respectively. 

Asar-afarinan (4, 72-73).